NOTICES AND ABSTRACTS 
OF 
MISCELLANEOUS COMMUNICATIONS TO THE SECTIONS. 
MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS. 
Address by Professor Tynpauu, LL.D., F.R.S., &c.; President of the Section 
Lieut.-Col. A. Srrance on the necessity for State Intervention to secure the 
Progress of Physical Science ise. eee wer ceeded i cad dace eeees 
MATHEMATICS. 
Mr. W. Barrett Davis’s Historical Note on Lagrange’s Theorem ........ 
Mr. T. Dozson on a new Correction to be applied to observations made with 
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Professor J: D. EvERETT’s résumé of Experiments on Rigidity ............ 
P gidity 
Mr. Arnruur Grartwe’s Examples of Ocular Demonstration of Geometrical 
PE FOPORMODS 0.0.6.5, 0\n.s.aj0.+/0) = <npaE GRM ENTER BE Aen es cade esac ence necenes 
Mr. R. B. Haywarp on the Chances of Success or Failure of Candidates for 
three-cornered or four-cornered Constituencies ...........0eee eee eeee 
Mr. W. H. L. Russert on the Division of Elliptic Functions ............ 
Professor H. J. StsPHEN SmirH on a construction for the Ninth Cubic Point 
on Geometrical Constructions involving 
Professor P. G. Tarr on the application of Quaternions to the rotation of a Solid 
~ ASTRONOMY. 
Mr. W. R. Bret on the extent of evidence which we possess elucidatory of 
ROAM 7 Mee NUCH Mie ITEACE vos :0) oA en cloves otaratege casi) ayeis ana S\shongieh ois ars tere 
Mr. Groner Forsss on the Meteor Shower of August 1868 .............. 
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